Standing female shrine figure · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3040664
Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
Description
wood, encrusted greyish brown patina, traces of black paint, kaolin, high-legged figure with accentuated breasts and round arms, presumably once holding a child in front of her lap, slightly dam. (fingers), crack (right side of the head), sacrificial traces, base;
figures in shrines were covered with white clay to indicate their spirituality. The colour white “hyire” is important. Priests and priestesses during rituals associated to their shrine will cover their bodies in white powder to celebrate the gods.
The object Standing female shrine figure with the object ID 3040664 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 225.
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